Laura Cassidy, PhD
- Director, Surgical Clinical Outcomes Registries & Research
- Associate professor, Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
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8701 Watertown Plank Rd.Milwaukee, WI 53226
Overview
Division
- Surgery
Research interests
- Anesthesia
- behavioral health
- biostatistics
- birthmarks and vascular anomalies
- Scoliosis
- clinical effectiveness and outcomes
- community health and prevention
- critical illnesses
- Otitis media
- environmental health
- health disparities
- kidney diseases/urological disorders
- language/learning disabilities
- pain management/palliative care
- asthma
- surgery
- trauma
- injury and violence
Study interests
- Pediatric surgery
- trauma
- outcomes
- clinical effectiveness research
- biostatistics
- epidemiology
- public health
Education
- Doctorate, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 2000
- Masters of Science, biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 1993
Education and Awards
Education
Awards
- Co-author Pediatric Specialty Award (awarded for best scientific abstract), 2004
- Co-author Best-in-Training Award (awarded for best abstract and presentation) section on Transport Medicine, AAP National Conference, 2004
Research and publications
Research
- The Impact of Pediatric Trauma Centers on the Outcome of Injured Children in Ohio, NIH NICHD, principal investigator, 2013–2015
- A National Evaluation of Leadership Styles and Outcomes in Local Health Departments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Services and Systems Research, principal investigator, 2013-2015
- PhD Program in Public and Community Health, Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin, principal investigator, 2011-2014